The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 48
fighting arm into hisjacket in order to keepit warm. This ex-planation, of course,does not account forthe variation in thecase of women. Dr. Ljmian, of Balti-more, has submittedthe theory that a manwearing a loose cloak,toga, or plaid, wouldgrasp it with the lefthand and thrust theleft side over… … Figure 7.- -Womans dress showing buttons on the left side.] , DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN COAT 17 hold a weapon or implement. A woman would grasp herattire with her right hand and push it over the leftside and leave her left arm unencumbered, wherewithto carry a child. It would, however, seem more…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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